American president needs to act like an owl

President Barack Obama promised to fundamentally change America, and he has kept that promise.

He said a respected America is strong when it listens to the United Nations and depends upon diplomacy. It's good when it provides nationwide, cradle-to-grave security.

Well, those bright ideas produced the lowest employment participation rate since the late 1970s and the Carter administration's "malaise." Meanwhile, on the international stage, Mr. Vladimir Putin, Russia's putative dictator, rope-a-dopes Mr. Obama while proclaiming that it's dangerous for a nation to think it is exceptional.

By George, President Obama has succeeded in making Jimmy Carter look good!

In a recent op-ed, Newt Gingrich said Americans need to be owls, not hawks or doves. Often, a great horned owl perches on the roof of my house, from which it surveys an expanse of woods and garden. It sits and sits, hooting now and then, ready to fly to another perch or to continue waiting. Or to attack, which it does with silence, speed, and long, sharp, deadly accurate talons. Then it returns to its perch with those don't-mess-with-me eyes.

We've had enough doves, hawks, and a flight-challenged turkey. I want a president who emulates owls.

Karen Humeniuk

Greenville

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American president needs to act like an owl

President Barack Obama promised to fundamentally change America, and he has kept that promise.